acerbissimum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →acerbus, acerba -um, acerbior -or -us, acerbissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
harsh, strident, bitter, sour; unripe, green, unfinished; grievous; gloomy;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
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ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...defunctos cito in integrum restitui. 4. Propone illud acerbissimum tibi tempus, quo Seianus patrem tuum clienti suo Satrio..." - M
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...spes in senectutem ante se egerunt, id fere acerbissimum certamen conflictationis oriatur, ut unusquisque luctibus ac lacrimis suis..." - M
In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...viri fortes acrioribus suppliciis civem perniciosum quam acerbissimum hostem coercerent. Habemus senatus consultum in te, Catilina, vehemens..."